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Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool - December 26, 2001 / Premier League 2001/2002

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Premier League 2001/2002 - Round 19

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

December 26, 2001

42 602

1 - 2

Liverpool

Lee Hendrie

21'

Jari Litmanen

73'

Vladimir Smicer

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9' - Goal Jari Litmanen

21' - Goal Lee Hendrie21

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47' - Substitution Lee Hendrieis substituted by Ian Taylor47

68' - Substitution Jari Litmanenis substituted by Nicolas Anelka

73' - Goal Vladimir Smicer

77' - Substitution Steven Gerrardis substituted by Danny Murphy

81' - Substitution Jlloyd Samuelis substituted by Steve Stone81

86' - Substitution Vladimir Smiceris substituted by Gary McAllister

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

1 - 2

Liverpool

Aston Villa Liverpool

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age38 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Mellberg

Olof Mellberg

Sweden

B.date03/09/1977

Age24 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Staunton

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age32 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Samuel81

Jlloyd Samuel

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date29/03/1981

Age20 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Wright

Alan Wright

England

B.date28/09/1971

Age30 years

H1m63

positionLeft full-back

Hendrie2147

Lee Hendrie

England

B.date18/05/1977

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Boateng

George Boateng

Netherlands

B.date05/09/1975

Age26 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

Kachloul

Hassan Kachloul

Morocco

B.date19/02/1973

Age28 years

H1m86

positionLeft Midfielder

Merson

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Angel

Juan Pablo Angel

Colombia

B.date24/10/1975

Age26 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Vassell

Darius Vassell

England

B.date13/06/1980

Age21 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Schmeichel		38	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Olof Mellberg		24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton		32	283	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jlloyd Samuel	81	20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Wright		30	313	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Hendrie	2147	24	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Boateng		26	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hassan Kachloul		28	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson		33	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Juan Pablo Angel		26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darius Vassell		21	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

111

Liverpool

Dudek

Jerzy Dudek

Poland

B.date23/03/1973

Age28 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

Henchoz

Stéphane Henchoz

Switzerland

B.date07/03/1974

Age27 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age23 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age28 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

Riise

John Arne Riise

Norway

B.date24/09/1980

Age21 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Hamann

Dietmar Hamann

Germany

B.date27/08/1973

Age28 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

Gerrard77

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age21 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Smicer7386

Vladimir Smicer

Czech Republic

B.date24/05/1973

Age28 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

Litmanen968

Jari Litmanen

Finland

B.date20/02/1971

Age30 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Berger

Patrik Berger

Czech Republic

B.date10/11/1973

Age28 years

H1m85

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Owen

Michael Owen

England

B.date14/12/1979

Age22 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jerzy Dudek		28	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stéphane Henchoz		27	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		23	198	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sami Hyypiä		28	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Arne Riise		21	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dietmar Hamann		28	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard	77	21	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vladimir Smicer	7386	28	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jari Litmanen	968	30	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrik Berger		28	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Owen		22	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

108

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ian Taylor	47	33	263	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Steve Stone	81	30	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	M	Danny Murphy	77	24	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Gary McAllister	86	37	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Nicolas Anelka	68	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lee Hendrie

Gareth Barry

OUT

Hassan Kachloul

Steve Stone

OUT

Darius Vassell

Dion Dublin

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Vladimir Smicer

Danny Murphy

OUT

Jari Litmanen

Gary McAllister

OUT

Dietmar Hamann

Emile Heskey

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Gregory

185

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Gregory vs Liverpool

3 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2001

Gregory vs Thompson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2001

Manager

Age

Match num

Phil Thompson

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Thompson vs Aston Villa

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2001

Thompson vs Gregory

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2001

Referee

Andy D'Urso

5 victories	4 draws	6 losses	Aston Villa15 matches	General total	Liverpool13 matches	11 victories	1 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Aston Villa2 matches	Season total	Liverpool3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 28, 2005					Latest figure on October 23, 2004

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Key figures

End of streak for Liverpool after 3 consecutive matches without a win (since 12/12/2001).

Hassan Kachloul played his game number 100 in Premier League

Aston Villa keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 25/11/2001). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 18/11/2000-13/01/2001 time period (10 matches).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAston Villa 1-0 Charlton24/10/2001

VAston Villa 3-2 Bolton Wanderers27/10/2001

DAston Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough17/11/2001

LAston Villa 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday28/11/2001

LAston Villa 0-2 Leicester01/12/2001

VAston Villa 2-1 Ipswich Town17/12/2001

Overall

LAston Villa 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday28/11/2001

LAston Villa 0-2 Leicester01/12/2001

DWest Ham 1-1 Aston Villa05/12/2001

LArsenal 3-2 Aston Villa09/12/2001

VAston Villa 2-1 Ipswich Town17/12/2001

LDerby County 3-1 Aston Villa22/12/2001

Current form

Away

DBoavista 1-1 Liverpool24/10/2001

VCharlton 0-2 Liverpool27/10/2001

DBlackburn 1-1 Liverpool17/11/2001

VDerby County 0-1 Liverpool01/12/2001

DAS Roma 0-0 Liverpool05/12/2001

LChelsea 4-0 Liverpool16/12/2001

Overall

VDerby County 0-1 Liverpool01/12/2001

DAS Roma 0-0 Liverpool05/12/2001

VLiverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough08/12/2001

DLiverpool 0-0 Fulham12/12/2001

LChelsea 4-0 Liverpool16/12/2001

LLiverpool 1-2 Arsenal23/12/2001

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	3	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	17
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
7	Victories (Competition total)	10
5	Victories (Home / Away)	5
6	Draws (Competition total)	3
3	Draws (Home / Away)	1
5	Losses (Competition total)	4
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	26
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
22	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.53
1.22	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.75
1.22	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.13

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
0-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (2 times)

Bookings

20	Yellow cards (Competition total)	25
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	15
2	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Juan Pablo Angel	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Michael Owen
Juan Pablo Angel	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Michael Owen
Juan Pablo Angel	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Juan Pablo Angel	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Juan Pablo Angel	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Jari Litmanen

Historical head to head

Home

77 matches

37 v

17 d

23 l

152 gf

102 ga

Away

80 matches

14 v

15 d

51 l

83 gf

178 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

158 matches

51 v

32 d

75 l

235 gf

283 ga

Historical head to head

Home

80 matches

51 v

15 d

14 l

178 gf

83 ga

Away

77 matches

23 v

17 d

37 l

102 gf

152 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

158 matches

75 v

32 d

51 l

283 gf

235 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	January 16, 1932
Home	6 - 1	January 16, 1932

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	October 10, 1953
Away	3 - 0	January 13, 2001

Latest head to head

September 08, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Liverpool

1 - 3

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

January 13, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Aston Villa

0 - 3

Liverpool

September 06, 2000 - Premier League 2000/2001

Liverpool

3 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

March 15, 2000 - Premier League 1999/2000

Liverpool

0 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

October 02, 1999 - Premier League 1999/2000

Aston Villa

0 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Tony Hateley	5 goals	1963 - 1966
Andy Gray	4 goals	1976 - 1977
Dwight Yorke	4 goals	1994 - 1995
Dion Dublin	3 goals	1998 - 2001
Allan Evans	3 goals	1979 - 1986
Gary Shaw	3 goals	1982 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Robbie Fowler	14 goals	1993 - 1998
Ian Rush	10 goals	1982 - 1985
Roger Hunt	9 goals	1963 - 1966
Kenny Dalglish	7 goals	1978 - 1983
Ian St-John	6 goals	1963 - 1967
Ian Callaghan	5 goals	1963 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Gordon Cowans	19 matches	1977 - 1991
Nigel Spink	19 matches	1983 - 1993
Allan Evans	16 matches	1979 - 1989
Dennis Mortimer	15 matches	1976 - 1984
Ugo Ehiogu	15 matches	1992 - 2000
Paul McGrath	14 matches	1989 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Bruce Grobbelaar	23 matches	1981 - 1993
Ian Rush	23 matches	1982 - 1996
Phil Neal	22 matches	1975 - 1985
Alan Hansen	21 matches	1977 - 1989
Steve Nicol	19 matches	1984 - 1994
John Barnes	17 matches	1988 - 1997